Therefore, if the state pays enough attention to them, the development of the Great Zhou Dynasty will definitely be able to go further, after all, to support the operation of such a huge country, money is needed everywhere. Hold.

Although the debate between the two did not come to a result last time, the matter was not put aside, and three days later, Chu Linghui and Bai Shuisheng once again debated in the main hall because of their different views on this matter.

"As the so-called no treacherous business, my Great Zhou Dynasty has always governed the country with loyalty and filial piety, if these unprofitable businessmen are not allowed to do it early, and the atmosphere of the country is ruined, then these people will have gold and silver in their hands, how should they be controlled?" Bai Shuisheng was very excited, and his voice unconsciously rose a few points.

Chu Linghui frowned, took a step to stand beside Bai Shuisheng, and said: "Have you really understood the background of these merchants, most of their families do not have any land, if they are not in business to make a living, they also rely on their own labor to make money, if it were not for them, the current Great Zhou Dynasty may not have such a prosperous scene as it is now." ”

Bai Shuisheng disagreed: "The imperial court has already given them a place to live, isn't that enough?" ”

Chu Linghui looked at Bai Shuisheng's appearance of not being able to enter the oil and salt, and had no intention of arguing with him anymore, so he directly presented a pair of recitals to the emperor, but his behavior was like a quarrel halfway through, and he found that he couldn't quarrel so he went to the elders to comment, which really made the hall divided into two factions just now, and there were some sabre-rattling. Zhang's atmosphere was cracked for a moment.

This is no wonder that Chu Linghui has this kind of thought, because most of the ministers of the DPRK and China are either hereditary titles, or they have gone through the cold window to study hard and take the imperial examination, no matter which one it is, they are full of contempt for businessmen.

If he argues with such a group of people who don't care about the people's suffering, Chu Linghui has no chance of winning, so it is better to make a desperate bet and bet the treasure on the emperor, he believes that the emperor will be able to understand his painstaking efforts.

The fold was pasted by the emperor's side. The big eunuch was sent to the eyes of the saint, and the emperor didn't speak from the beginning, but at this time he just raised his eyelids and glanced at Chu Linghui, and then lowered his eyebrows to see the fold.

What was written on the fold was a comparison of the merchants and agricultural materials that Chu Linghui had been collecting for a period of time in recent times, and with the numbers as a comparison, it was indeed more effective than Chu Linghui's debate.

After reading it, the emperor gave it to the great eunuch and asked him to send it to the hundred officials in the palace for circulation.

In fact, the emperor's heart was already a little loose, and when all the officials had finished reading the recital, he looked at Chu Linghui and asked: "As Bai Aiqing said, if it is really for the merchants to save gold and silver, and then there is a different heart, how will you solve it?" ”

Chu Linghui thought about this question for a long time, and thought that only this was the most appropriate: "Back to the emperor, the imperial court can establish chambers of commerce in various places, and the household department will send officials to supervise in various places, first, to control the local markets and prevent price fluctuations, and secondly, it can also restrain the behavior of merchants and eliminate this possibility from the root." ”

"Okay, then let's do what Chu Aiqing said."

This battle in the court was won by Chu Linghui, and the next day, a holy decree that almost changed the living conditions of the people in the whole country was quickly transmitted to various state capitals.

However, the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty was vast, and when the decree was implemented in various towns, it would definitely take more time, so Chu Linghui repaired a letter and sent it to Wei Deyun, the prefect of Yunzhou.

The Wei family tried to have a good relationship with Chu Linghui because of the previous divorce, and Chu Linghui was now loyal and brave in front of the saint, so he naturally wanted to reconcile with Chu Linghui even more, so he naturally would not let go of this opportunity.

This makes Blackwater Town just a small place, but it receives the Holy Lord's will at the same time as Fucheng.

Lin Jiu was not surprised, because she had learned the news in the letter sent by Chu Linghui two days ago, but she didn't expect the decree to be issued so quickly.

She was very happy, although she had already done her business prosperously, but only she knew the sadness in it.

Because of the low status of the merchants, she and her men have countless bad eyes, and now they have the control of the imperial chamber of commerce, although to a certain extent. system, but the benefits are also immeasurable.

Half a month after the decree was delivered, the officials sent by the imperial court to form the Chamber of Commerce arrived in Heishui Town, and without resting, they began to talk about the Chamber of Commerce in full swing.

This time, in order to improve the status of merchants, the emperor set a very low threshold for entering merchants, as long as they are registered in the county government, they can join the chamber of commerce.

In just a few days, Blackwater Town is big. As big as the Yan family of the Zeng family, as small as the street vendors, they have all joined the Chamber of Commerce, and Lin Jiu is naturally no exception.

Lin Jiu's current business has long been booming, except for the fact that she can't compare to the two big families of the Zeng family and the Yan family, she will be counted.

The cousin of Lord Chu who was compiled earlier in order to perfunctory the Zeng family and Ma Baoqi has long been left behind by Lin Jiu, who has turned over, and no longer bothers to disguise his identity.

However, the Chamber of Commerce is not simply registered, the main purpose of the imperial court is to control all the merchants, so that they can develop in a balanced way, and prevent the emergence of a monopoly situation.

Therefore, in order to avoid arousing the suspicion of the imperial court, families like the Zeng family and the Yan family, who are involved in businesses from all walks of life, have to think twice and abandon some industries.

The Yan family abandoned the cloth workshop, while the Zeng family abandoned the restaurant.

These are all expected by Lin Jiu, the last time she negotiated with Zeng Baoshan, although she promised him that the secret recipe could be used by them, but because the thirteen incense was made by her own and then supplied to them, Lin Jiu did not hesitate to cross out the thirteen incense from the list of secret recipes provided by the Zeng family.

Since then, because he no longer has to fight with Lin Jiu and business, in order to survive, Shopkeeper Wang has to increase the price of the restaurant, and because the taste and quality have not increased.

Gradually, there were no repeat customers, and since then, the Zeng family's restaurant business has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and it is just for the sake of the Zeng family's face to continue to insist, so the shopkeeper Wang has been barely maintaining business.

Zeng Baoshan has also had a headache for a long time about this matter, and he just took this opportunity to cut off an unprofitable business, and he was able to surrender to the imperial court, which was really a good deal.

In addition, the imperial court also hoped that they could try their best to help those small merchants and hawkers, and help the officials deal with the affairs of the last time, they naturally had no objection to this, and the minds of these people who could be merchants were naturally bright, and under the joint care of their respective minds, the Chamber of Commerce soon entered the right track.

Lin Jiu, the Zeng family and the Yan family also took advantage of this shareholder wind to recover a lot of vitality. Although the previous crisis in the Zeng family's business was resolved, Zeng Baoshan started to think about other things. Before, Yan Chunhua wanted to color. The matter of the Lulin County Order has already spread in their circle, so the Yan family has lost a big face, if it weren't for the fact that the affairs in the Chamber of Commerce are too heavy this time, Yan Zhenshan can't be busy, and he won't let Yan Chunhua come forward.

Thinking of this lesson from the past, Zeng Baoshan still decided to take the old way and didn't love beauties, but money would never refuse, and he waited patiently for some time before he finally let him seize the opportunity.

Although Lin Xianling has no concubine, there is an elderly mother in the family, but her body is very tough, and she loves to dress up, so every day of rest, Lin Xianling will take his mother around the major cloth villages in the town.

On this day, as soon as the mother and son of the Lin family left the county mansion, Zeng Baoshan received the news, and hurriedly put down the account books at hand and rushed to the Zeng family's cloth village.

In fact, Lin Xian Ling really just took his mother to the street to relax, because of Chu Linghui's special relationship, Lin Jiu and Lin County Ling are bound to be intimate, and because the two of them are also very compatible, they naturally have to be more affectionate.

Therefore, every time Lin Jiu's dyeing workshop has new fabrics, she has to send two horses to the county government first, plus the new patterns in the tailoring that she often comes up with, which also makes the clothes very pleasing to Lin's mother.

After coming and going, Mother Lin and Lin Jiu became acquainted, and the fabrics she bought were basically from Lin Jiu's cherry blossom workshop.

So generally the cherry blossom workshop is used as the last stop of the two people's outing, when Lin Xianling took her mother to wander around and came to Zengjia Buzhuang, she met Zeng Baoshan.

Zeng Baoshan pinched the time according to the report of the little maid, and pretended to leave from Zeng's Buzhuang as if he had just finished checking the accounts, and happened to meet Lin Countyling's mother and son head-on.